- #1 TASOKARE HOTEL Re:newal
97% matchVery Positive87% of 83 reviews2024
Dev: SEEC Inc.
Windows · Mac
一日中夕暮れに染まっている「黄昏ホテル」。そこは、生と死の狭間を彷徨う魂たちが羽を休めるために存在する場所。ある日、ホテルに迷い込んだ少女が、出会いと事件をきっかけに、自らの運命を大きく切り開くことに。生死の狭間で謎解きに挑む、世にも奇妙な異世界脱出アドベンチャーが登場!
Why similar: Text-Based 17.1%, Point & Click 16%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Retro 11.1%
- #2 REM
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tomris Games
Windows
What remains after you lose the one you love? REM is an atmospheric, choice-driven 2D point & click experience exploring a grieving man’s bond with the AI he created, and this consciousness's questioning of reality.
Why similar: Point & Click 17%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Text-Based 13.9%, Hand-drawn 12.2%
- #3 The Terrible Persistence of Memory
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Pixels and Pins Studio
Windows
When you wake from a deep sleep, the first thing the goblin doctor asks is "What's your name?" The problem is: you don't know. Retrace your steps. Find what you've lost. Piece together who you are from the strange and incredible things you can do
Why similar: Investigation 15.4%, Point & Click 15.2%, Text-Based 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Visual Novel 8.3%
- #4 Sorceress Services
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3STAR
Windows · Mac
Starting anew as a rookie Sorceress, complete magical transactions and requests to build your clientele and grow your business! In this narrative-driven fantasy vendor simulator, follow unique quest lines, use persuasive techniques, and cast enchantments on your goods with gestures.
Why similar: Choices Matter 14.8%, Simulation 14.2%, Management 13.4%, Point & Click 12.8%, Fantasy 12.5%
- #5 Ventreville: A Cure for Sorrow
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Spicy Bread Productions LLC
Windows · Mac
Interrogate your own player characters in this six-chapter murder mystery! Make your choices carefully, as your decisions determine how many clues you uncover before the detective, the final player character, questions you. Will your protagonists know enough to catch the murderer?
Why similar: Text-Based 16.1%, Point & Click 14.4%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #6 Nothing To Declare
94% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Flying Squirrel Games
Windows · Mac
As a guardian of the customs realm, you hold sway over the comings and goings of travelers, packages, and cargo containers alike. Do you possess the mettle to tackle such a formidable responsibility?
Why similar: Point & Click 19.7%, Investigation 19.4%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Management 14.1%, Simulation 12.2%
- #7 Sky Caravan
93% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Choices Matter 15.8%, Text-Based 15.2%, Management 15.2%, Resource Management 14.2%, Point & Click 9.6%
- #8 Inflorescences
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloriProductions
Windows · Mac
A visual novel strategy game where your floral fragrances determine the fate of your mysterious shop and its patrons. Make choices, talk to customers, and shape the story. Get ready for a journey of heartfelt connections and strategic decision-making.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.4%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, Fantasy 13.6%, Point & Click 11.8%
- #9 Amazing Superhero Squad
91% matchMixed66% of 38 reviews2021
Dev: Siberian Koala
Windows · Mac · Linux
Do you think it is easy to solve all the problems of a cursed city and not go insane? Lead a team of superheroes, save Storborg City from looming disasters and beat your dishonourable rivals. Amazing Superhero Squad is a vivid superhero corporation sim.
Why similar: Resource Management 14.9%, Investigation 14.8%, Text-Based 12.6%, Management 12.5%, Choices Matter 11%
- #10 Kabaret
91% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Persona Theory Games
Windows
Welcome to the Kabaret - where monsters from Southeast Asian myths and folklores dwell. Perform tea ceremonies, play traditional games, and question your humanity.
Why similar: Point & Click 15.9%, Investigation 15.8%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Hand-drawn 10.7%
- #11 Hunter's Seal
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Drix Dev
Windows
Manage the front desk of a fantasy hunters guild. Identify monsters, verify hunters, and authorize them! The guild's reputation is in your hands.
Why similar: Point & Click 24.9%, Simulation 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Fantasy 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #12 Paper Shakespeare: Stick Merchant of Venice
90% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Stegalosaurus Game Development
Windows · Linux
Shakespeare's classic play about intolerance, bigotry, and revenge. Told only as stick figures can.
Why similar: Point & Click 22.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.3%, Hand-drawn 12.3%, Management 12.1%
- #13 Rites & Receipts
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Infinite Inbox
Windows
Clock in at the Dark Magic Federation. As a ritual clerk, you must verify public requests, consult the manual, and process the paperwork for a world of petty hexes. Stamp requests, catch counterfeits, and avoid costly compliance fines. The quota is rising. Work starts now.
Why similar: Point & Click 23.9%, Simulation 18%, Multiple Endings 17.8%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #14 Horny Academy
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wet Ink
Windows
Horny Academy is an adult visual novel that blends interactive storytelling with a deep, branching narrative. Every choice you make leads to steamy animated scenes or unexpected twists within the mysterious walls of the magical Academy
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Choices Matter 16.6%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Hand-drawn 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.4%
- #15 Please, Take The Phone
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bad Tape Studios
Windows
Welcome to Jiabao Tower Property Management.The night shift has begun. Your job is simple: answer calls, check the manual, and fill out the forms. When the night feels slow, watch some TV—though the programs may seem strange.Remember: serve every resident well. Jiabao Tower is our home forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 28%, Simulation 16.6%, Point & Click 14.3%, Choices Matter 14.1%, Retro 9.8%
- #16 The Reeve
86% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2024
Dev: Gray Muscat
Windows · Mac
You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!
Why similar: Text-Based 17%, Management 16.5%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #17 Watashi Suzume
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Shamrock Creations LLC.
Windows
Shamrock Creations is proud to present Watashi Suzume. A story that explores the far reaching impacts that love, friendship, and understanding have on not only our own lives, but how we view life itself. All wrapped up in a supernatural murder mystery narrative that we think everyone will enjoy.
Why similar: Text-Based 23.5%, Point & Click 16.6%, Investigation 15.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Visual Novel 10.1%
- #18 Morningtide Motel
85% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Slandercast Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your motel is busy for the first time in years. Antsy city-folk and dispossessed teens flood your rooms, and you can barely keep up. Now, after a week of all-nighters spent managing reservations, room service requests, and Yup! reviews, you begin to wonder… could you even fall asleep if you tried?
Why similar: Point & Click 15%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Management 9.6%
- #19 Meadows of Serenity
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evo Studios
Windows
You are the Outlander. You cross an unusual creature in your path who swiftly offers you a bright green clover and asks you to help unravel the mystery of Serenity.
Why similar: Point & Click 25.1%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Multiple Endings 15.1%, Fantasy 12.1%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #20 Feeding The Velociraptors
83% matchNo user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: workHate Inc
Windows
Explore a raptor-infested compound in classic retro horror style. Gather "evidence" to shift blame of your crimes. Survive in the courtroom of your few remaining peers. Do not accept any responsibility. Do not try to escape.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.3%, Point & Click 18.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Multiple Endings 14.3%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
- #21 Aventura Pisicului Pierdut
84% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Dragut Stefan
Windows
Aventura Pisicului Pierdut este un joc bazat pe alegerile tale in care trebuie sa incerci sa il ajuti pe protagonist sa isi gaseasca scumpul pisic. Oare vei reusi sa iti indeplinesti scopul , sau vei fi distras de alte tentatii ? Visual Novel 2D, Choices Matter,Multiple Endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Text-Based 12.2%, Visual Novel 11.1%
- #22 Confessional Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: null.exePub: Subconscious Games
Windows
You're the new priest at St. Augustine's. Sinners kneel on the other side of the screen and tell you everything. Forgive them and your Faith grows. Work the guilt and the donations roll in. Push it too far and the Bishop starts listening. A voiced dark comedy about other people's sins.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.1%, Choices Matter 15.5%, Multiple Endings 12.7%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #23 "LIFE" not found;
82% matchVery Positive94% of 334 reviews2022
Dev: BerCh1n
Windows
This small Narrative Point & Click (Puzzle) game is about the mental health struggles of a adolescent high school dropout who's lost at life. Find out what they're struggling with, you might even recognize some things from your own life.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.6%, Point & Click 17.6%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 8.4%
- #24 隐迹囚笼 Mind Jack
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quaso Studio
Windows · Mac
Mindjack is a plot-progression Visual novels and investigation game about social violence. Hijack instructors' vision terminals, eavesdrop on conspiracies, and capture violent acts. You must uncover dark secrets, and decide whether to save your friends trapped within the time limit.
Why similar: Investigation 17.3%, Point & Click 13.6%, Text-Based 13.5%, Visual Novel 11.7%, Multiple Endings 7.7%
- #25 Before the Silence
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Left Bank Interactive
Windows
In this turn-based strategy, you will take control of an anti-disinformation department and protect your citizens from terrorist influence. Manage your agents and resources, analyze media, and restore order in different regions of your country.
Why similar: Text-Based 17.3%, Point & Click 12.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Multiple Endings 10.6%
- #26 Sinemorsk: oil inclusive
79% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: 7x7 Games
Windows · Mac
A visual novel about an environmental disaster. Coordinate volunteers, make difficult decisions, and try to survive as you try to save a coastal town dying from an oil spill.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.4%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Visual Novel 14.1%, Simulation 12.4%
- #27 Harlot's Diary
80% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Veratrum
Windows · Linux
In a ruthless world where you've lost everything, only desperate measures remain. Fight to survive as a sex worker and reach the top, avoiding deceit, murderers, and abuse on your path to success.
Why similar: Point & Click 18%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Text-Based 14.4%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, Management 11.9%
- #28 Galvatein : Adventurers' Guild
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLANBEEPub: GRAVITY
Windows
"Welcome, adventurer! What quest have you completed today?” A classic fantasy guild reception simulation — 『Galvatein: Adventurer’s Guild』
Why similar: Point & Click 20.1%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Multiple Endings 14.2%, Simulation 12.7%, Visual Novel 12.1%
- #29 The Next Stop
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paranoid Delusion
Windows
Embark on a mysterious ride. Solve puzzles, make choices, and uncover the truth behind a hidden crime in this point & click with the depth of a visual novel, all set in a haunting subway filled with secrets.
Why similar: Text-Based 18%, Investigation 15.3%, Point & Click 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #30 JudgeSim
77% matchVery Positive85% of 1,388 reviews2024
Dev: DelusionArt Studio
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Things were worse than ever in Banana Republic, a somber island country. While anarchists roamed the streets, corruption was running deeper due to economic crisis and rising crime rates. Bearing these burdens were "judges" who tried to make things right with honesty...
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Investigation 15.8%, Point & Click 13.4%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Simulation 9.3%
- #31 Death's Intern
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pink Sakura Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Death’s Intern is a choice-driven adventure game where you review soul case files, talk to the deceased, and decide their fate in the afterlife. Death's Intern combines dark humor with corporate satire; your decisions shape multiple possible endings.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.2%, Multiple Endings 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Hand-drawn 9.7%
- #32 Room 502 : School Mystery Game
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOTS
Windows · Mac
A cynical high schooler, Hae-eun's mundane life takes a colorful turn as she and her dorm roommates in Room 502 unravel mysterious incidents on campus. This game blends academy life, mystery, and youth in a captivating detective adventure.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.8%, Investigation 18.9%, Point & Click 18%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
- #33 Come to my party!
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SIMSANG YOONPub: LINE Games Corporation
Windows
Jimin dreams of finally having her first birthday party, but what begins as a childhood wish unravels into social pressure, fragile friendships, family expectations, and consequences that hit closer than you’d like. Join Jimin in this coming-of-age story where every choice carries weight.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 18.9%, Choices Matter 17.4%, Hand-drawn 16.9%, Text-Based 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.5%
- #34 Confessional: Reality TV Manager
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mike Hurley
Windows
A reality TV production management game. Cast, create or download contestants, design your season, and watch drama unfold in the most complex relationship sim ever created. Scout hidden talent, manage moods, watch challenges play out, and survive dramatic tribal councils. Build your franchise.
Why similar: Text-Based 30%, Management 23.7%, Simulation 18.3%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #35 Eclipse : Special Forces
74% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: MoonSun
Windows · Mac
MEN ARE EXTINCT. ONLY WOMEN REMAIN. Welcome to Eclipse—a choice-driven Yuri VN where God, Kings, Soldiers, and even Villains are all women. As Haesu, an elite agent, your choices will forge her destiny and the very future of the world. Amidst love, desire, and bloodshed—can you handle the truth?
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Investigation 17.3%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Multiple Endings 11.9%, Visual Novel 9.4%
- #36 The Newspapers of the day
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: divingstudio
Windows
Run a newsroom under censorship. Investigate events, choose stories, redact words, and arrange the front page in a story-driven newspaper politics simulation adventure set in 1920s colonial Korea.
Why similar: Text-Based 13.7%, Investigation 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Management 11.4%, Multiple Endings 10.5%
- #37 Astiel le Voleur - Le Mystère du Amaad
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Falx
Windows
We have no news of our agents who went on a mission to Amaad... You are therefore sent to the other end of the Empire, to investigate their disappearance. In this distant world, you will have to observe, think, and find the clues allowing you to carry out your investigation!
Why similar: Point & Click 20.5%, Investigation 15.4%, Hand-drawn 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.9%
- #38 The Meter is Running
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 238 reviews2026
Dev: Debt Driven Games
Windows
You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.
Why similar: Point & Click 20%, Management 16.5%, Resource Management 10.3%, Hand-drawn 8.8%, Retro 8.4%
- #39 Something to Drink?
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Adam's Games
Windows
I'm Tom and I just got a job as a bartender. Now I have to wipe down the same sticky counters where I used to leave my own marks. In this dive, even the rats look like they're hungover. Alright, the boozers won't pour their own drinks - time to get back to work.
Why similar: Point & Click 21.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Multiple Endings 14%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Indie 8.4%
- #40 What Makes a Hero
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divine Entertainment
Windows
Giona, province of Caspena - the land of adventure and opportunity! Champions of all kinds gather here. Step into this pixel-art heroic fantasy store simulator as the Shopkeeper. Listen to your clients and equip them with the arms that suit them best. Only you can prevent what is yet to come...
Why similar: Point & Click 24.8%, Simulation 18.9%, Multiple Endings 15.5%, Indie 9.1%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #41 My Lovely Empress
72% matchVery Positive82% of 310 reviews2024
Dev: GameChanger StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
My Lovely Empress is an empire management sim inspired by Asian mythology. As the Emperor of the Crimson Empire, you will build relations with neighboring rulers, balance internal factions, and ensure the prosperity of your people, all before you reap their souls to resurrect your beloved empress.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.6%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Management 12.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Visual Novel 10.3%
- #42 Signal
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ruldae
Windows
A terminal operator sim with no tutorial. Route messages, infer the rules from failure and repetition, and survive the loop.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.1%, Point & Click 13.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Multiple Endings 11.8%, Mystery 8.1%
- #43 Fateful End: True Case Files
73% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2020
Dev: GenuinePub: Giiku Games
Windows
Solve your own murder in this thrilling true crime adventure game. You've come face-to-face with your fate and someone close to you is going to kill you...unless you find out who it is before the time runs out!
Why similar: Point & Click 18.7%, Text-Based 16.4%, Investigation 13.2%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #44 Fantasy Office
71% matchMixed70% of 33 reviews2023
Dev: Jinjin Squad
Windows
"Fantasy Office" is a casual simulation PC game in which you become an apprentice civil servant of a community service center in a fantasy world that has developed like reality. Will Demini be able to successfully pass the various events in the community service center and become a civil servant?
Why similar: Point & Click 23.2%, Simulation 21.1%, Fantasy 13.6%, Hand-drawn 13.5%, Indie 10.3%
- #45 Control Over
72% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2020
Dev: Ashcraft
Windows
Control Over is a story that begins when a player who loses his memory and falls down in a basement wakes up. And you have to control the player and decide how to solve this story.
Why similar: Text-Based 30.6%, Point & Click 15.7%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #46 Under the Carpet
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: andiliddell
Windows
Under the Carpet is a classic point-and-click adventure set in the high stakes, adrenaline-fuelled world of discount consumer flooring — where the deals are cheap, but the secrets run deep-pile.
Why similar: Point & Click 29.6%, Text-Based 19.5%, Multiple Endings 13.8%, Puzzle 8.5%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #47 HeartWare
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Sabiá Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Yours decisions matters, leading to multiple unique endings that reflect your influence on Iris’s fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 20.9%, Text-Based 20.5%, Visual Novel 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%
- #48 On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 373 Studio
Windows
On Air! Taxi Detective Casebook is a pixel-art, dialogue-driven mystery game. You’re an AI in a taxi, teaming up with a talkative driver on late-night runs to hear bizarre passenger stories, solve cases in secret, and let him play the “great detective.”
Why similar: Text-Based 21.5%, Investigation 20.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Visual Novel 11%
- #49 Choose Your Own Alternative
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: F(r)ictions Ludiques
Windows
A text-based adventure where you're tasked to exorcise your friend’s Inner Demon. Explore an ever-reshaping palace to analyze objects filled with memories, discover which one is the reason for her possession and sacrifice it. Do not deviate from your mission. Save your friend no matter the cost.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.9%, Point & Click 15.1%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Investigation 10.4%
- #50 Permaban
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: UnrealByte
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's 2007. You moderate a dying internet forum. Ban trolls, enforce contradictory rules, and try not to lose your mind.
Why similar: Investigation 13.4%, Dark Comedy 12.5%, Text-Based 11.6%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Multiple Endings 10.9%
- #51 One Night Stand
70% matchVery Positive89% of 771 reviews2016
Dev: Kinmoku
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
After a night of fun, passion, and one too many drinks, you wake up the next morning to find a complete stranger lying naked beside you in bed. What do you do?
Why similar: Point & Click 17.6%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Multiple Endings 16.5%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%
- #52 The Siege of Jeomdo
67% matchPositive100% of 23 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Hip Sword
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hope flickers against impossible odds. In this narrative RPG, step into the shoes of a retired soldier, thrust into a desperate last stand to save Jeomdo Village. With supplies dwindling and time running out, your decisions will shape the fate of those who look to you for salvation.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.1%, Choices Matter 18.4%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.1%, Management 10.3%
- #53 Deep Fog Signals
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Symmetry Break Studio
Windows
Stuck in an outpost deep in a sea of toxic fog, your crew has been decimated, you're cut off from the outside world, and oxygen is running out. Use limited bandwidth to coordinate unstable crewmates, conduct esoteric research that could change the world, and interpret strange signals from the deep.
Why similar: Investigation 17.4%, Point & Click 15.2%, Hand-drawn 13.1%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 11.2%
- #54 The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,975 reviews2021
Dev: Spooky DoorwayPub: Akupara Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Delouse your room with sage and pack up your travel-sized ouija board, it’s time to re-enter Twin Lakes - America’s 34th most haunted city. Join Detective McQueen as he puzzles his way through 9 chilling cases, risking life and pixelated limb to solve the macabre mysteries that plague the poor town.
Why similar: Text-Based 18.8%, Point & Click 17.8%, Dark Comedy 14.7%, Investigation 13%, Retro 8.2%
- #55 BBirthday - Visual Novel
68% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Yun Seven
Windows
Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective 👁️. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings. ✨
Why similar: Text-Based 26.8%, Multiple Endings 16.7%, Point & Click 14.8%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #56 Mira
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Too Husky
Windows
Mira is a Slavic-themed visual novel with adventure game elements. The gameplay has a strong emphasis on art, atmosphere, and story. Discover your destiny by walking into Navia, a magical land hidden from the eyes of mortals, and decide on its fate.
Why similar: Point & Click 18.1%, Hand-drawn 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.9%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Fantasy 11.1%
- #57 The Retro Exorcist
65% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: Chestpain Studios
Windows
You've been hired to perform exorcisms on all sorts of entities. The only thing you can't seem to understand is...why do they all haunt video games?
Why similar: Choices Matter 20.2%, Multiple Endings 18.7%, Visual Novel 15.6%, Text-Based 11.9%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #58 Emily is Away Too
67% matchVery Positive93% of 6,189 reviews2017
Dev: Kyle Seeley
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
Why similar: Text-Based 22.5%, Choices Matter 19.9%, Multiple Endings 14.9%, Simulation 14.4%, Visual Novel 8%
- #59 Fleeting Iris: Alansya Chronicles Ren'Py Edition
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Heaven StudiosPub: Sekai Project
Windows
Ayame travels to Heaven City, USA to be with her fiancée but all is not what it seems. How will Ayame's life unfold in this updated release now built in Ren'Py!
Why similar: Point & Click 26.1%, Text-Based 26%, Simulation 17.6%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #60 Sofia in Exchange for Lies
65% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: MUTAN
Windows
Peek into the sins and memories of five personalities through surveillance cameras──This is an immersive, mystery adventure game that unravels the thoughts of the dark past that lie dormant inside Sofia,a suspect in the murder of a presidential candidate, and uncovers the truth behind the crime.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.1%, Investigation 16.7%, Visual Novel 13.9%, Multiple Endings 12.3%, Choices Matter 11.5%